Play-Doh

For the past six Halloweens, I have worn my Halloween lashes. They are very long and have red metallic strips in them. It doesn’t matter what costume I’m wearing. I just know that I’ll be wearing the lashes with the costume. I have been an M&M, a ladybug twice (not consecutively), a witch, Wonder Woman, and most recently, Play-Doh.

You may be perplexed about how I made the red lashes work with Play-Doh. Why by being RED Play-Doh of course!!! Play-Doh t-shirt, jeggings, a red beanie, red lashes, some red lipstick, and I was good to go. (I had to struggle to fit my afro under a beanie, but that was the hardest part.)

As has become my practice, I saw a very spiritual correlation between my costume and where I am right now in life. Since I work with kids, I’m around Play-Doh often. Play-Doh is modeling clay. It comes in many different colors and sizes. Call me weird, but I love the smell of freshly opened Play-Doh. Some of my kids do as well.

Fresh Play-Doh is really soft. So it’s particularly good to use with some of the Play-Doh toys and play sets that are available. They have a toy that you can use to push Play-Doh through to make spaghetti. It’s so much easier to push the Play-Doh through when it’s fresh out of the container and pliable.

Older Play-Doh is good too. You can roll it out and it retains shapes much longer. Perfect for the cut out toys. They come in different shapes. You can make your Play-Doh into a heart, bear, cookie, grapes…the options are endless. Since the Play-Doh has been exposed to air for longer, you can pick these shapes up and manipulate them at will. They won’t fall over when you try to stand them upright.

In order to extend the life of your Play-Doh, you MUST make sure the lid is on tightly when you’re finished playing with it or it will dry out. And be useless. Then you’ll have to throw it away. I can’t tell you how many times my kids have become frustrated with hard Play-Doh.

I fluctuate between being pliable, firm, and plain dried out. Thankfully, when I get into my container, the vessel God created for me, I come out fresh every time. #wepreach